​​​Peter Maxwell Slattery - The E.T Contact Experience

Japanese space scientists have unveiled the asteroid hunting space probe they hope to launch later this year on a mission to mine a celestial body.The probe, named Hayabusa-2, is expected to be flung into space in December on a four year voyage to the asteroid 1999JU3.When it gets there, some time in 2018, it will release a powerful cannon which will fire a metal bullet at the asteroid's barren crust, once the probe itself has scuttled to safety on the far side of the rock.